Honestly, I want a refurbishment for the original ride, but mostly Orlando sinc eit has the whole JP island theme. IF Hollywood, which I've heard is in worse shape, wants to change it up, sounds like a plan to me honestly.

Best-case scenario. The corporate heads go through JP The Ride and say to themselves, “Holy shit, we need to replace the animatronics entirely because these haven’t been maintained at all! What about Islands of Adventure? Let’s update the dinosaurs there, too.”

In 2019, face Indominus rex when she makes her world premiere in the new, high-tech Jurassic World. Journey to where living dinosaurs roam the earth in the part expedition, part heart-pounding water ride based on the blockbuster film franchise.

On this river-raft adventure, get doused as a colossal Mosasaurus dives for its great white shark snack. But the real danger lies ahead when the brutal Indominus rex escapes its enclosure. Be prepared when a 50-foot Tyrannosaurus rex comes to your rescue... right before your final plunge down a treacherous 84-foot waterfall.

And plan to experience the original Jurassic Park The Ride before it becomes extinct on 3rd September 2018!

Since I never got a chance to experience the old ride, the fact that it's closing down for good on my birthday, rubs an extra bit of irony into the whole thing. It's too late to make an impromptu trip, alas.

Beyond that, I still think Universal could do more with the franchise than just a rennovated ride if they acquired the land to dedicate a whole park to the thrills and spills of the JP series.

I find this depressing. The ride in LA was a huge part of my childhood...I remember being so excited when it opened, listening to audio files of the ride back in the days of 90's dial-up, and finally getting to ride it - twice - during Summer vacation 2000. I've been on it several times since...sad that it's going away.

I wish they'd simply done the old Safari ride which was planned - and looked awesome - in addition, as opposed to replacing this. But oh well.

So I don't have a hosting site at the moment, but someone on the JP Toys Facebook page posted pictures of animatronics tests of the T. Rex and Indominus fighting over the area right before the drop. Looked a bit neat but not as scary to me as the original did.

If they do change it JW I'll be disappointed and excited. I was lucky to ride it once (technically 5 times don't judge me lol) when I vacationed in Orange County for a week with some family. It is in quite a state of disrepair, and hopefully updating it fixes that, but it would be quite sad to see much of the old ride gone. Though this is coming from the place that DEMOLISHED THE OLDEST SURVIVING MOVIE SET! (RIP Phantom of The Opera Stage) for their theme park. So it's not like they care for preserving the past. Sorry if this is a bit angry or anything lol.

_______________Time flows, people move on, but I'll still be here. Things may change but you can rest assured I'll still be here.

Jurassic World Upgrade - (9/9/18) So Jurassic Park: The Ride is closed and its time to start talking about what changes may be coming to the ride when it reopens as Jurassic World. In general it is expected that the layout of the ride will remain unchanged, but the cast of dinosaurs within and various effects is expected to be changed out quite a bit. Once you enter the building for the finale portion of the ride, we have heard we can expect to see large screens put to use in various areas along with special effects to show off various new dinosaur threats that were previously done with animatronics. The one thing that may not change however is the final T-Rex figure behind the waterfall is rumored to still play a pivotal role in the new finale scene just before the big plunge. I don't want to spoil it all, but if it works out the way I'm hearing, it will be a satisfying scene that will play true to the movies.